News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- A bobcat captured and collared more than a year after the Woolsey Fire gave birth to three kittens recently - B-379, B-380, and B-381, according to the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Eugene has returned an indictment charging a Eugene man with stalking and mailing threatening letters to a former teacher.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: DENVER - FEMA has approved more than $3.1 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Montana. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued March 31, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $35.2 million for the Montana COVID-19 response to date.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Newport woman was sentenced today in federal court for wire fraud and federal government program theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Diana Dyson, 59, of New York City, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $750,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Trufund Financial Services, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, to provide coronavirus recovery and resiliency technical assistance to small and historically disadvantaged minority and women-owned businesses throughout the state. This EDA grant will be matched with $187,500 in local investment.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced Tuesday a formal request to establish a dispute settlement panel to investigate Canada’s dairy practices under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh has appointed 15 individuals to serve as members on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health, which provides advice and assistance to the assistant secretary on occupational safety and health in construction standards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, DAVID EARL CARPENTER, JR., 40, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve ten years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard E. Kinsey Jr., 36, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Anthony Rodriguez, aka Anthony Rito Lara, 34, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense Budget Hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing examining the role that far-right militias have played in the recent surge in domestic violent extremism, including their role in organizing the insurrection on January 6, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Eight Others Have Pleaded Guilty and Are Currently Awaiting Sentencing.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2021
Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Boise Airport and Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, Idaho. There are currently full- and part-time positions available and the starting salary is $16.51 and $18.16 per hour respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A licensed insurance broker and the owner of Benefits Consulting Associates LLC was sentenced to 70 months in prison Wednesday for his role in a scheme to defraud CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of more than $3.8 million.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore announces its annual summer weekend beach closure for the protection of federally-threatened nesting snowy plovers. The closure is a small stretch of beach located between North Beach parking lot and the mouth of Abbotts Lagoon. It is in effect for each Saturday, Sunday and holiday from May 29, 2021, through Labor Day, September 6, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former Savannah resident serving a life sentence in state prison for murder has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for operating a drug trafficking organization while incarcerated.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday charging a Portland, Oregon, man with fraudulently converting to personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Paul Eberhard, 64, of Shelbyville, Indiana, with crimes related to illegally dealing in fireworks.
